Tools:
①2mm hex wrench
②0.3mm feeler gauge
Part I: Confirm and Adjust the Printer for Duplication and Mirror Mode
1. Make sure your printer's RaiseTouch version is higher than 1.4.0. You can click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the Home page, and then check your RaiseTouch version number on the right side of the settings interface.
2. Confirm whether the flatness of the printing bed is suitable for printing
How to confirm the flatness of the printing bed:
In the Home page, click "Machine Control > Leveling", click the “ 
" icon to check the flatness of the printing bed (Printing bed flatness less than or equal to 0.2mm is recommended)
Note: To ensure that the flatness of the printing bed is suitable for printing, you can start with a 9- point or 63-point leveling (Refer to tutorial: Manual E2 – How to Leveling the Bed – V1.0).
3. Verify that the height of the left and right nozzle is suitable for printing.
How to confirm the height of the left and right nozzle:
1）Click the gear icon to enter the Setting interface.
2）Click the “Maintenance” on the Machine tab.
3）Click the “Offset Calibration”.
4）Confirm that all the requirements of the prompt are met and click “Start”.
5）Complete the first to fourth steps of the wizards in sequential order. The wizards contain complete operating instructions, please follow the instructions accordingly.
6）After completing the first four steps, click on the “Offset Settings”.
7）If the left and right nozzle offset value difference is less than or equal to 0.15mm, it indicates that your printer can directly use the Duplication Mode or Mirror Mode to print, please go directly to the
following “Part II: Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Slicing Tutorial”.
If the left and right nozzle offset value difference is greater than 0.15mm, you need to continue to adjust the height of the left and right nozzles.
4. First, unload the filaments in the left and right extruders, please click “Utilities”> “Filament Loader”> “Unload” to unload the filament in the left and right extruders. Click on "Home" and wait for the nozzle’s temperature to cool down before proceeding to the next step.
Note: If there is residual filament on the nozzle, please carefully clean it first, otherwise it may cause slight errors in the data (Please wear insulated gloves to prevent burns when cleaning).
5. Click the “Move Axes” in the Utilities tab and click on the “Home All” to return the Y and Z-axis and both extruders to their original positions.
6. Click on the Z-axis in the top right corner of the screen, click on the “1.0mm”, then click on the up arrow twice to raise the Z-axis by 2mm.
7. Click on the “Motor Unlock” icon on the right, the touch screen will display “The motors have been disabled”, click “OK”. (After the touch screen displays “The motors have been disabled”, you can move the extruder and the print bed by your hand. After you use the touch screen to control the motor, the motor will be locked).
8. Manually align the center position of the print bed under the X-axis beam, then move the left and right extruder to the center position of the X-axis beam, and then place the feeler gauge under the left and right extruder, click the down arrow to lower the Z-axis until any nozzle contact the feeler gauge, and then align the small frosted dots with the left and right nozzle to feel the friction between the small frosted dots and the nozzle.
Note: The three options in the Move Steps allows you to select the distance of how much the Z-axis will move per arrow press. To prevent damage to the print bed from descending too far, it is recommended that you select 0.1mm and lower the nozzle slowly, and then move the feeler gauge around to feel the friction between the nozzle and the dot.
9. If the friction of the left nozzle is greater than that of the right nozzle, it means that the height of the left nozzle is lower than that of the right nozzle, and if the friction of the right nozzle is greater than that of the left nozzle, it means that the height of the right nozzle is lower than the left nozzle. The following figure is a demonstration showing that the left nozzle has greater friction than the right nozzle, and it is appropriate adjust the right nozzle height according to the left nozzle height.
Note: If the right nozzle has been adjusted to the limit position and cannot be adjusted, then adjust the left nozzle in a similar way.
1)Move the left extruder to one side, use a 2mm hex wrench to loosen the right nozzle set screw, gently loosen the entire hot end with your hand so that the nozzle can naturally drop onto the feeler gauge, and tighten the right nozzle set screw.
Note: The nozzle may still be warm, so make sure the nozzle cools down before operating it.
2)The left nozzle can be adjusted in the same way as in the above steps, move the right extruder to one side, use a 2mm hex wrench to loosen the left nozzle set screw, gently loosen the entire hot end with your hand so that the nozzle can naturally drop onto the feeler gauge, and tighten the left nozzle set screw.
3)Move the left extruder back above the feeler gauge and feel the friction between the two nozzles with the feeler gauge again. If the amount of friction is different, continue to fine-tune the nozzle height until the amount of friction of the left and right is tactilely the same.
Note: The nozzle should be aligned with the frosted dots on the feeler gauge.
4)After adjusting and fixing the screws, click the gear icon and click “Offset Calibration” in
“Maintenance” and run the offset calibration for the left and right nozzle again.
5)When the left nozzle and right nozzle calibration wizard is finished, compare the left and right nozzle offset value, if the difference is less than or equal to 0.15mm, it means that the left and right nozzle height have been adjusted properly, please continue to follow the “Part II: Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Slicing Tutorial”. If the difference is larger than 0.15mm, it indicates that the left and right nozzle height offset is too much, please return to step 3 to read just the left and right nozzle height until the difference is less than or equal to 0.15mm.
Note: The same material needs to be used in the left and right nozzle offset calibration, otherwise there may be data errors.
Part II: Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode Slicing Tutorial
1.Make sure your ideaMaker version is 3.5.2 and above.
2.Import the model that needs to be printed.
3. Click the “
” icon in the left bar, select “Duplication” or “Mirror” in the “Print Mode” drop- down menu, ideaMaker will automatically generate the model. You can adjust the original model position and the other model will change position accordingly.
Note: Please check that if your printer model is "RAISE3D E2CF" or not in the printer drop-down menu. Duplication Mode and Mirror Mode only supports Printer type: Raise3D E2 and E2CF.
4. Please note that the size of the print border will be slightly smaller in the Mirror mode than in the Duplication mode, if the model is too large and exceeds the print border, the slicing will fail (If the model exceeds the print border, please resize the model so that it can be sliced correctly).
Duplication Mode
Mirror Mode
5. When you print in the Duplication Mode or Mirror Mode, for a better result, you’ll need to set the platform addition to “Raft” before you slicing the model. Click “Start Slicing”, then click “Edit” on the right side of “Select Template” interface.
6. Choose “Raft Only” in “Platform Addition” drop-down menu.
7. Click “Save and Close” and you can start slicing.
8. After successful slicing, it is ready for Duplication mode printing or Mirror mode printing.
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